The Spanish startup Smallops is the first to produce materials to decontaminate water using nanotechnology from alpechin, a waste product from olive oil production. What could potentially contaminate water if not managed properly, in the hands of Smallops, could be a solution to water pollution.
If we could hold atoms in our hands, we would be able to create very different realities depending on how we combined them. Like when we arrange letters to create words and meanings; the letters are the same, and it is their combination that creates new words. Nanotechnology has the ability to change reality because it operates at an atomic and molecular scale. The possibilities it offers are endless, and among them is the ability to transform something that causes a problem into its own solution.
In this new article in the series on solutions to the water crisis, we present how materials produced with nanotechnology by the Spanish startup Smallops can contribute to solving water pollution. There are several initiatives using nanotechnology for the same purpose. For example, nanobubbles have shown good results in wastewater treatment due to their aeration, oxygenation, gas transfer, and oxidation enhancement capabilities, reducing the need for chemicals to treat such water.
